Clough Global Dividend and Income Fund
|
||||||||
STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS
|
||||||||
January 31, 2017 (Unaudited)
|
||||||||
Shares
|
Value
|
|||||||
COMMON STOCKS 67.33%
|
||||||||
Consumer Discretionary 12.70%
|
||||||||
Cable One, Inc.(a)
|
1,100
|
$
|
695,618
|
|||||
DR Horton, Inc.(a)(b)
|
96,526
|
2,887,093
|
||||||
IMAX Corp.(a)(b)(c)
|
39,900
|
1,300,740
|
||||||
Lennar Corp. - Class A(a)(b)
|
45,100
|
2,013,715
|
||||||
Liberty Broadband Corp. -
Class C(a)(b)(c) |
34,548
|
2,948,326
|
||||||
Liberty Ventures - Series A(a)(b)(c)
|
100,543
|
4,388,702
|
||||||
PulteGroup, Inc.(a)(b)
|
82,000
|
1,763,820
|
||||||
Service Corp. International(a)(b)
|
40,300
|
1,173,939
|
||||||
Sony Corp.
|
27,700
|
839,758
|
||||||
18,011,711
|
||||||||
Consumer Staples 1.27%
|
||||||||
B&G Foods, Inc.(a)(b)
|
23,400
|
1,037,790
|
||||||
Kose Corp.
|
9,000
|
765,211
|
||||||
1,803,001
|
||||||||
Energy 4.97%
|
||||||||
Devon Energy Corp.(a)(b)
|
20,600
|
938,124
|
||||||
EOG Resources, Inc.(a)(b)
|
29,800
|
3,027,084
|
||||||
Fairway Energy LP(c)(d)(e)(f)
|
130,700
|
1,323,337
|
||||||
Pioneer Natural Resources Co.(a)(b)
|
9,800
|
1,766,254
|
||||||
7,054,799
|
||||||||
Financials 23.02%
|
||||||||
Ares Capital Corp.(a)
|
233,300
|
3,942,770
|
||||||
Ares Commercial Real Estate
Corp.(a)(b) |
52,400
|
706,352
|
||||||
Bank of America Corp.(a)(b)
|
173,091
|
3,918,780
|
||||||
Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. -
Class A(a)(b) |
77,200
|
2,353,828
|
||||||
Citigroup, Inc.(a)(b)
|
77,930
|
4,350,832
|
||||||
Community Healthcare Trust, Inc.(a)
|
108,100
|
2,331,717
|
||||||
Global Medical REIT, Inc.(a)
|
77,000
|
681,450
|
||||||
Golub Capital BDC, Inc.(a)(b)
|
128,400
|
2,398,512
|
||||||
Hercules Capital, Inc.(a)(b)
|
97,300
|
1,374,849
|
||||||
JPMorgan Chase & Co.(a)(b)
|
8,100
|
685,503
|
||||||
Ladder Capital Corp.(a)(b)
|
55,102
|
747,183
|
||||||
MedEquities Realty Trust, Inc.(a)(b)
|
121,200
|
1,321,080
|
||||||
MTGE Investment Corp.(a)(b)
|
38,400
|
610,560
|
||||||
PennyMac Mortgage Investment
Trust(a)(b) |
89,714
|
1,520,653
|
||||||
Solar Capital, Ltd.(a)(b)
|
47,100
|
999,462
|
||||||
Solar Senior Capital, Ltd.(a)(b)
|
67,300
|
1,127,275
|
||||||
Starwood Property Trust, Inc.(a)(b)
|
160,700
|
3,577,182
|
||||||
32,647,988
|
||||||||
Health Care 6.74%
|
||||||||
Biogen, Inc.(a)(b)(c)
|
1,740
|
482,398
|
||||||
Bristol-Meyers Squibb Co.(a)(b)
|
33,387
|
1,641,305
|
Shares
|
Value
|
|||||||
Health Care (continued)
|
||||||||
Cardiome Pharma Corp.(a)(c)
|
149,200
|
$
|
440,140
|
|||||
Gilead Sciences, Inc.(a)(b)
|
19,600
|
1,420,020
|
||||||
Merck & Co., Inc.(a)(b)
|
52,400
|
3,248,276
|
||||||
Pfizer, Inc.(a)(b)
|
73,400
|
2,328,982
|
||||||
9,561,121
|
||||||||
Information Technology 16.21%
|
||||||||
Alibaba Group Holding, Ltd. - Sponsored ADR(a)(b)(c)
|
12,200
|
1,235,982
|
||||||
Apple, Inc.(a)(b)
|
60,200
|
7,305,270
|
||||||
Broadcom, Ltd.(a)(b)
|
21,105
|
4,210,447
|
||||||
Microsoft Corp.(a)(b)
|
56,400
|
3,646,260
|
||||||
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.(a)
|
9,800
|
854,952
|
||||||
Nintendo Co., Ltd.
|
1,800
|
368,577
|
||||||
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
|
1,836
|
3,117,140
|
||||||
Ulvac, Inc.
|
16,300
|
578,173
|
||||||
ViaSat, Inc.(a)(b)(c)
|
25,749
|
1,671,367
|
||||||
22,988,168
|
||||||||
Materials 0.83%
|
||||||||
Chr Hansen Holding A/S
|
19,244
|
1,173,338
|
||||||
Telecommunication Services 1.59%
|
||||||||
China Mobile, Ltd.
|
199,000
|
2,253,174
|
||||||
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
|
||||||||
(Cost $89,599,814)
|
95,493,300
|
|||||||
CLOSED-END FUNDS 7.22%
|
||||||||
Adams Diversified Equity Fund,
Inc.(a)(b) |
132,430
|
1,738,806
|
||||||
Alpine Global Premier Properties Fund(a)
|
138,300
|
753,735
|
||||||
Credit Suisse High Yield Bond Fund
|
124,242
|
337,938
|
||||||
DoubleLine Income Solutions Fund
|
18,900
|
375,732
|
||||||
DoubleLine Opportunistic Credit Fund
|
15,500
|
359,290
|
||||||
Dreyfus High Yield Strategies Fund
|
107,000
|
364,870
|
||||||
Eaton Vance Risk-Managed Diversified Equity Income Fund(a)
|
78,100
|
738,045
|
||||||
Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Diversified Equity Income Fund(a)
|
68,100
|
725,946
|
||||||
Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity Income Fund(a)
|
146,900
|
1,241,305
|
||||||
First Trust Dynamic Europe Equity Income Fund(a)
|
45,800
|
738,754
|
||||||
First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred & Income Fund
|
500
|
11,625
|
||||||
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Securities Income Fund, Inc.
|
15,700
|
311,488
|
||||||
Gabelli Equity Trust, Inc.(a)
|
80,000
|
456,800
|
||||||
Kayne Anderson MLP Investment Co.(a)
|
35,800
|
720,654
|
Shares
|
Value
|
|||||||
CLOSED-END FUNDS (continued)
|
||||||||
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund(a)
|
141,300
|
$
|
758,781
|
|||||
Pioneer High Income Trust
|
35,100
|
348,894
|
||||||
Tekla Life Sciences Investors
|
14,815
|
264,744
|
||||||
10,247,407
|
||||||||
TOTAL CLOSED-END FUNDS
|
||||||||
(Cost $9,757,369)
|
10,247,407
|
|||||||
PARTICIPATION NOTES 0.61%
|
||||||||
Consumer Staples 0.61%
|
||||||||
Kweichow Moutai Co., Ltd. - Class A (Loan Participation Notes issued by Morgan Stanley Asia Products), expiring 11/09/2017(d)
|
17,417
|
872,167
|
||||||
TOTAL PARTICIPATION NOTES
|
||||||||
(Cost $582,958)
|
872,167
|
|||||||
PREFERRED STOCKS 1.79%
|
||||||||
Annaly Capital Management, Inc.(a)
|
||||||||
Series E, 7.625%
|
43,842
|
1,072,375
|
||||||
Ares Management LP(a)
|
||||||||
Series A, 7.000%
|
35,000
|
907,550
|
||||||
Hercules Capital, Inc., 6.250%
|
7,700
|
197,428
|
||||||
MTGE Investment Corp.(a)
|
||||||||
Series A, 8.125%
|
10,640
|
270,309
|
||||||
Solar Capital, Ltd., 6.750%
|
3,478
|
87,159
|
||||||
2,534,821
|
||||||||
TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS
|
||||||||
(Cost $2,483,316)
|
2,534,821
|
|||||||
WARRANTS 0.00%(c)(g)
|
||||||||
Atlas Mara, Ltd., Strike price $11.50, Expires 12/17/2017(d)
|
116,958
|
65
|
||||||
TOTAL WARRANTS
|
||||||||
(Cost $1,170)
|
65
|
|||||||
Description and
|
Principal
|
|||||||
Maturity Date
|
Amount
|
Value
|
||||||
CORPORATE BONDS 44.07%
|
||||||||
Ares Capital Corp.
|
||||||||
11/30/2018, 4.875%(a)(b)
|
$
|
1,000,000
|
1,045,118
|
|||||
01/19/2022, 3.625%(a)
|
1,402,000
|
1,372,540
|
||||||
Bank of America Corp.
|
||||||||
Series L, 01/15/2019, 2.600%(a)(b)
|
1,000,000
|
1,009,671
|
||||||
The Bank of Nova Scotia
|
||||||||
06/05/2019, 2.050%
|
1,000,000
|
1,002,423
|
||||||
BB&T Corp.
|
||||||||
01/12/2018, 1.450%(a)(b)
|
1,610,000
|
1,611,257
|
Description and
|
Principal
|
|||||||
Maturity Date
|
Amount
|
Value
|
||||||
CORPORATE BONDS (continued)
|
||||||||
CalAtlantic Group, Inc.
|
||||||||
06/01/2026, 5.250%(a)
|
$
|
1,200,000
|
$
|
1,194,000
|
||||
Care Capital Properties LP
|
||||||||
08/15/2026, 5.125%(a)(d)
|
1,276,000
|
1,235,801
|
||||||
Caterpillar Financial Services Corp.
|
||||||||
06/16/2018, 1.700%(a)
|
1,000,000
|
1,000,857
|
||||||
Chevron Corp.
|
||||||||
03/02/2018, 1.365%(a)
|
1,000,000
|
999,512
|
||||||
Citigroup, Inc.
|
||||||||
02/05/2018, 1.800%
|
700,000
|
700,370
|
||||||
Series N, Perpetual Maturity, 5.800%(a)(b)(h)(i)
|
1,300,000
|
1,337,375
|
||||||
Citizens Bank National Association
|
||||||||
03/14/2019, 2.500%(a)
|
1,000,000
|
1,007,841
|
||||||
12/04/2019, 2.450%(a)
|
1,000,000
|
1,005,780
|
||||||
05/13/2021, 2.550%(a)
|
1,000,000
|
996,465
|
||||||
Dominion Gas Holdings LLC
|
||||||||
12/15/2019, 2.500%(a)
|
1,000,000
|
1,012,099
|
||||||
EMC Corp.
|
||||||||
06/01/2018, 1.875%(a)
|
500,000
|
497,597
|
||||||
06/01/2023, 3.375%(a)
|
1,000,000
|
935,982
|
||||||
Exelon Generation Co., LLC
|
||||||||
10/01/2017, 6.200%(a)
|
1,000,000
|
1,030,529
|
||||||
01/15/2020, 2.950%
|
750,000
|
760,054
|
||||||
First Republic Bank
|
||||||||
06/17/2019, 2.375%(a)
|
1,000,000
|
999,238
|
||||||
08/01/2046, 4.375%(a)
|
1,000,000
|
917,620
|
||||||
Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC
|
||||||||
03/12/2019, 2.375%(a)
|
1,000,000
|
1,000,458
|
||||||
05/03/2019, 2.021%(a)
|
1,000,000
|
991,524
|
||||||
General Motors Financial Co., Inc.
|
||||||||
04/10/2018, 2.400%(a)
|
1,000,000
|
1,004,098
|
||||||
01/15/2020, 3.150%
|
1,000,000
|
1,009,833
|
||||||
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
|
||||||||
04/25/2019, 2.000%(a)
|
1,000,000
|
997,620
|
||||||
Jackson National Life Global Funding
|
||||||||
04/29/2021, 2.250%(a)(d)
|
1,000,000
|
987,284
|
||||||
Jersey Central Power & Light Co.
|
||||||||
06/15/2018, 4.800%(a)
|
1,000,000
|
1,033,244
|
||||||
John Deere Capital Corp.
|
||||||||
03/12/2018, 1.300%
|
850,000
|
848,678
|
||||||
Ladder Capital Finance Holdings LLLP / Ladder Capital Finance Corp.
|
||||||||
10/01/2017, 7.375%(a)
|
1,080,000
|
1,086,750
|
||||||
08/01/2021, 5.875%(a)(d)
|
1,500,000
|
1,494,375
|
||||||
Lear Corp.
|
||||||||
01/15/2023, 4.750%
|
1,000,000
|
1,044,930
|
||||||
01/15/2025, 5.250%(a)
|
1,000,000
|
1,066,100
|
||||||
Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co.
|
||||||||
07/25/2019, 2.250%
|
1,000,000
|
1,008,836
|
||||||
02/06/2020, 2.100%
|
1,000,000
|
1,000,129
|
||||||
Microsoft Corp.
|
||||||||
08/08/2019, 1.100%
|
1,000,000
|
986,437
|
||||||
Morgan Stanley
|
||||||||
01/24/2019, 2.500%(a)
|
1,000,000
|
1,009,267
|
||||||
Northrop Grumman Corp.
|
||||||||
06/01/2018, 1.750%(a)
|
1,000,000
|
1,002,983
|
Description and
|
Principal
|
|||||||
Maturity Date
|
Amount
|
Value
|
||||||
CORPORATE BONDS (continued)
|
||||||||
Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.
|
||||||||
03/15/2024, 5.875%(a)
|
$
|
1,000,000
|
$
|
1,030,420
|
||||
04/01/2027, 4.500%(a)
|
1,000,000
|
974,104
|
||||||
ONE Gas, Inc.
|
||||||||
02/01/2019, 2.070%(a)
|
1,114,000
|
1,117,663
|
||||||
People's United Financial, Inc.
|
||||||||
12/06/2022, 3.650%(a)
|
1,000,000
|
1,009,226
|
||||||
Pfizer, Inc.
|
||||||||
05/15/2019, 2.100%(a)
|
1,000,000
|
1,011,426
|
||||||
PNC Bank National Association
|
||||||||
12/07/2018, 1.700%
|
1,000,000
|
998,309
|
||||||
Pricoa Global Funding I
|
||||||||
05/16/2019, 2.200%(d)
|
1,000,000
|
1,005,591
|
||||||
Royal Bank of Canada
|
||||||||
07/29/2019, 1.500%
|
1,000,000
|
988,306
|
||||||
Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc.
|
||||||||
11/15/2019, 2.750%
|
1,000,000
|
1,013,569
|
||||||
06/15/2020, 2.800%(a)
|
1,000,000
|
1,009,600
|
||||||
Stifel Financial Corp.
|
||||||||
12/01/2020, 3.500%(a)
|
1,000,000
|
1,006,766
|
||||||
SunTrust Banks, Inc.
|
||||||||
11/01/2018, 2.350%(a)
|
1,000,000
|
1,009,267
|
||||||
Perpetual Maturity, 5.625%(a)(b)(h)(i)
|
900,000
|
931,500
|
||||||
Textron Financial Corp.
|
||||||||
02/15/2067, 6.000%(a)(d)(h)
|
910,000
|
677,950
|
||||||
The Toronto-Dominion Bank
|
||||||||
08/13/2019, 1.450%(a)
|
917,000
|
905,161
|
||||||
Under Armour, Inc.
|
||||||||
06/15/2026, 3.250%(a)(b)
|
2,500,000
|
2,311,237
|
||||||
Verizon Communications, Inc.
|
||||||||
09/14/2018, 3.650%(a)
|
1,000,000
|
1,032,465
|
||||||
Voya Financial, Inc.
|
||||||||
02/15/2018, 2.900%(a)
|
1,000,000
|
1,010,935
|
||||||
WEC Energy Group, Inc.
|
||||||||
06/15/2020, 2.450%
|
750,000
|
752,667
|
||||||
Wells Fargo & Co.
|
||||||||
12/07/2020, 2.550%
|
2,000,000
|
2,003,506
|
||||||
Western Digital Corp.
|
||||||||
04/01/2024, 10.500%(a)(b)(d)
|
1,236,000
|
1,460,025
|
||||||
TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS
|
||||||||
(Cost $62,769,485)
|
62,504,368
|
|||||||
ASSET/MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES 6.49%
|
||||||||
Government National Mortgage Association - REMICS
|
||||||||
Series 2014-67, Class AE, 05/16/2039, 2.150%
|
1,236,007
|
1,249,146
|
||||||
Series 2012-83, Class A, 07/16/2041, 1.368%
|
793,766
|
769,468
|
||||||
Series 2014-172, Class AC, 09/16/2041, 1.900%
|
790,156
|
778,600
|
||||||
Series 2011-47, Class C, 02/16/2042, 3.817%(h)
|
624,389
|
637,618
|
||||||
Series 2013-68, Class AC, 02/16/2046, 1.300%
|
852,202
|
815,023
|
Description and
|
Principal
|
|||||||
Maturity Date
|
Amount
|
Value
|
||||||
ASSET/MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES (continued)
|
||||||||
Series 2011-144, Class B, 04/16/2046, 3.291%
|
$
|
355,874
|
$
|
356,388
|
||||
Series 2015-130, Class AB, 08/16/2047, 2.550%
|
810,299
|
808,615
|
||||||
Series 2016-92, Class AB, 04/16/2050, 2.100%
|
495,390
|
488,466
|
||||||
Series 2014-166, Class PJ, 07/16/2051, 2.500%
|
738,060
|
740,404
|
||||||
Series 2012-111, Class A, 09/16/2052, 2.387%
|
1,699,911
|
1,711,131
|
||||||
Series 2012-125, Class AB, 02/16/2053, 2.111%(h)
|
700,464
|
670,050
|
||||||
United States Small Business Administration
|
||||||||
Series 2008-20L, Class 1, 12/01/2028, 6.220%
|
156,191
|
175,216
|
||||||
TOTAL ASSET/MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES
|
||||||||
(Cost $9,366,198)
|
9,200,125
|
|||||||
GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATIONS 10.29%
|
||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bonds
|
||||||||
08/15/2026, 6.750%(a)
|
700,000
|
957,032
|
||||||
11/15/2026, 6.500%(a)
|
1,600,000
|
2,163,813
|
||||||
08/15/2029, 6.125%(a)
|
1,250,000
|
1,726,782
|
||||||
U.S. Treasury Notes
|
||||||||
02/15/2018, 3.500%(a)
|
2,000,000
|
2,053,282
|
||||||
05/15/2018, 3.875%(a)
|
5,500,000
|
5,704,638
|
||||||
01/31/2020, 1.375%
|
2,000,000
|
1,994,180
|
||||||
TOTAL GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATIONS
|
||||||||
(Cost $14,880,535)
|
14,599,727
|
|||||||
Shares
|
Value
|
|||||||
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 8.91%
|
||||||||
Money Market Fund 8.91%
|
||||||||
BlackRock Liquidity Funds, T-Fund Portfolio - Institutional Class (0.364% 7-day yield)
|
12,634,836
|
12,634,836
|
||||||
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
|
||||||||
(Cost $12,634,836)
|
12,634,836
|
|||||||
Total Investments - 146.71%
|
||||||||
(Cost $202,075,681)
|
208,086,816
|
|||||||
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets - (46.71%)(j)
|
(66,251,618
|
)
|
||||||
NET ASSETS - 100.00%
|
$
|
141,835,198
|
SCHEDULE OF SECURITIES SOLD SHORT (c)
|
Shares
|
Value
|
||||||
COMMON STOCKS (5.22%)
|
||||||||
Energy (0.24%)
|
||||||||
Transocean, Ltd.
|
(23,900
|
)
|
$
|
(333,883
|
)
|
|||
Financials (0.99%)
|
||||||||
American Express Co.
|
(6,100
|
)
|
(465,918
|
)
|
||||
Capital One Financial Corp.
|
(5,900
|
)
|
(515,601
|
)
|
||||
Deutsche Bank AG
|
(20,900
|
)
|
(416,119
|
)
|
||||
(1,397,638
|
)
|
|||||||
Health Care (0.38%)
|
||||||||
Amgen, Inc.
|
(2,200
|
)
|
(344,696
|
)
|
||||
Mallinckrodt PLC
|
(4,000
|
)
|
(194,920
|
)
|
||||
(539,616
|
)
|
|||||||
Industrials (1.70%)
|
||||||||
Caterpillar, Inc.
|
(7,100
|
)
|
(679,186
|
)
|
||||
Deutsche Lufthansa AG
|
(129,724
|
)
|
(1,727,359
|
)
|
||||
(2,406,545
|
)
|
|||||||
Information Technology (1.91%)
|
||||||||
Infosys, Ltd. - Sponsored ADR
|
(66,600
|
)
|
(917,082
|
)
|
||||
International Business Machines Corp.
|
(10,300
|
)
|
(1,797,556
|
)
|
||||
(2,714,638
|
)
|
|||||||
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
|
||||||||
(Proceeds $6,893,215)
|
(7,392,320
|
)
|
||||||
EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS (1.89%)
|
||||||||
Health Care Select Sector SPDR® Fund
|
(16,500
|
)
|
(1,163,580
|
)
|
||||
SPDR® S&P® Biotech ETF
|
(18,500
|
)
|
(1,200,650
|
)
|
||||
United States Natural Gas Fund LP
|
(40,200
|
)
|
(315,972
|
)
|
||||
TOTAL EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS
|
||||||||
(Proceeds $2,718,738)
|
(2,680,202
|
)
|
||||||
TOTAL SECURITIES SOLD SHORT
|
||||||||
(Proceeds $9,611,953)
|
$
|
(10,072,522
|
)
|
(a)
|
Pledged security; a portion or all of the security is pledged as collateral for securities sold short or borrowings. As of January 31, 2017, the aggregate value of those securities was $141,634,778, representing 99.86% of net assets. (See Note 1 and Note 3)
|
(b)
|
Loaned security; a portion or all of the security is on loan as of January 31, 2017.
|
(c)
|
Non-income producing security.
|
(d)
|
Security exempt from registration of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration under Rule 144A, normally to qualified institutional buyers. As of January 31, 2017, these securities had an aggregate value of $9,056,595 or 6.39% of net assets.
|
(e)
|
Private Placement; these securities may only be resold in transactions exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933. As of January 31, 2017, these securities had a total value of $1,323,337 or 0.93% of net assets and have been deemed illiquid by the Adviser based on procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. (See Note 1)
|
(f)
|
Fair valued security; valued by management in accordance with procedures approved by the Fund's Board of Trustees. As of January 31, 2017, these securities had an aggregate value of $1,323,337 or 0.93% of total net assets.
|
(g)
|
Less than 0.005% or (0.005%) of net assets.
|
(h)
|
Floating or variable rate security - rate disclosed as of January 31, 2017.
|
(i)
|
This security has no contractual maturity date, is not redeemable and contractually pays an indefinite stream of interest.
|
(j)
|
Includes cash which is being held as collateral for total return swap contracts, securities sold short or futures contracts.
|
FUTURES CONTRACTS
|
|||||||||||
Expiration
|
Underlying Face
|
Unrealized
|
|||||||||
Description
|
Position
|
Contracts
|
Date
|
Amount at Value
|
Depreciation
|
||||||
Foreign Currency Contracts
|
|||||||||||
Japanese Yen Currency Futures
|
Short
|
50
|
03/13/2017
|
$
|
(5,551,875
|
)
|
$
|
(256,184
|
)
|
||
$
|
(5,551,875
|
)
|
$
|
(256,184
|
)
|
TOTAL RETURN SWAP CONTRACTS
|
Reference
|
Notional
|
Floating Rate
|
Floating
|
Termination
|
Net Unrealized
|
|||||||
Counter Party
|
Entity/Obligation
|
Amount
|
Paid by the Fund
|
Rate Index
|
Date
|
Appreciation
|
||||||
Credit Suisse
|
Housing Development Finance Corp.
|
$
|
2,349,641
|
75 bps + 1M LIBOR
|
1 M LIBOR
|
12/31/2020
|
$
|
107,661
|
||||
Morgan Stanley
|
ITC, Ltd.
|
857,514
|
225 bps + 1D FEDEF
|
1 D FEDEF
|
07/12/2018
|
15,084
|
||||||
Morgan Stanley
|
Mahindra & Mahindra, Ltd.
|
1,157,197
|
225 bps + 1D FEDEF
|
1 D FEDEF
|
07/12/2018
|
12,623
|
||||||
$
|
4,364,352
|
$
|
135,368
|
|||||||||
Reference
|
Notional
|
Floating Rate
|
Floating
|
Termination
|
Net Unrealized
|
|||||||
Counter Party
|
Entity/Obligation
|
Amount
|
Paid by the Fund
|
Rate Index
|
Date
|
Depreciation
|
||||||
Credit Suisse
|
Larsen & Toubro, Ltd.
|
$
|
1,165,455
|
75 bps + 1M LIBOR
|
1 D FEDEF
|
12/31/2020
|
$
|
(31,179
|
)
|
|||
$
|
1,165,455
|
$
|
(31,179
|
)
|
||||||||
$
|
5,529,807
|
$
|
104,189
|
Clough Global Equity Fund
|
||||||||
STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS
|
||||||||
January 31, 2017 (Unaudited)
|
||||||||
Shares
|
Value
|
|||||||
COMMON STOCKS 105.94%
|
||||||||
Consumer Discretionary 16.17%
|
||||||||
Cable One, Inc.
|
1,700
|
$
|
1,075,046
|
|||||
DR Horton, Inc.(a)(b)
|
171,021
|
5,115,238
|
||||||
IMAX Corp.(a)(b)(c)
|
145,295
|
4,736,617
|
||||||
Lennar Corp. - Class A(a)(b)
|
80,900
|
3,612,185
|
||||||
Liberty Broadband Corp. - Class C(a)(b)(c)
|
74,666
|
6,371,996
|
||||||
Liberty Ventures - Series A(a)(b)(c)
|
158,921
|
6,936,902
|
||||||
PulteGroup, Inc.(a)(b)
|
151,900
|
3,267,369
|
||||||
Service Corp. International(a)(b)
|
67,600
|
1,969,188
|
||||||
Sony Corp.
|
44,600
|
1,352,102
|
||||||
Wayfair, Inc. - Class A(a)(b)(c)
|
42,100
|
1,749,676
|
||||||
36,186,319
|
||||||||
Consumer Staples 0.54%
|
||||||||
Kose Corp.
|
14,100
|
1,198,831
|
||||||
Energy 6.45%
|
||||||||
Concho Resources, Inc.(a)(b)(c)
|
17,300
|
2,412,312
|
||||||
Devon Energy Corp.(a)(b)
|
25,900
|
1,179,486
|
||||||
EOG Resources, Inc.(a)(b)
|
38,900
|
3,951,462
|
||||||
Fairway Energy LP(c)(d)(e)(f)
|
217,600
|
2,203,200
|
||||||
Parsley Energy, Inc. - Class A(a)(b)(c)
|
20,500
|
722,010
|
||||||
Pioneer Natural Resources Co.(a)(b)
|
18,200
|
3,280,186
|
||||||
RSP Permian, Inc.(c)
|
16,400
|
697,984
|
||||||
14,446,640
|
||||||||
Financials 29.61%
|
||||||||
Arbor Realty Trust, Inc.
|
172,300
|
1,271,574
|
||||||
Ares Capital Corp.(a)
|
431,400
|
7,290,660
|
||||||
Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp.(a)
|
222,700
|
3,001,996
|
||||||
Atlas Mara, Ltd.(c)(d)
|
157,696
|
331,162
|
||||||
Bank of America Corp.(a)(b)
|
299,905
|
6,789,849
|
||||||
Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. - Class A(a)(b)
|
179,300
|
5,466,857
|
||||||
Citigroup, Inc.(a)(b)
|
131,719
|
7,353,872
|
||||||
Credit Acceptance Corp.(a)(b)(c)
|
18,862
|
3,871,991
|
||||||
Global Medical REIT, Inc.(a)
|
121,000
|
1,070,850
|
||||||
Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc.(a)
|
53,000
|
1,258,750
|
||||||
Golub Capital BDC, Inc.(a)
|
195,309
|
3,648,372
|
||||||
Hercules Capital, Inc.(a)(b)
|
190,200
|
2,687,526
|
||||||
JPMorgan Chase & Co.(a)(b)
|
13,200
|
1,117,116
|
||||||
Ladder Capital Corp.(a)(b)
|
267,392
|
3,625,835
|
||||||
MTGE Investment Corp.(a)(b)
|
61,400
|
976,260
|
||||||
NMI Holdings, Inc. - Class A(a)(c)
|
120,300
|
1,299,240
|
||||||
PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust(a)(b)
|
206,988
|
3,508,447
|
||||||
Physicians Realty Trust(a)(b)
|
136,000
|
2,522,800
|
||||||
Solar Capital, Ltd.(a)(b)
|
75,100
|
1,593,622
|
||||||
Starwood Property Trust, Inc.(a)(b)
|
300,400
|
6,686,904
|
Shares
|
Value
|
|||||||
Financials (continued)
|
||||||||
TPG Specialty Lending, Inc.(a)(b)
|
49,500
|
$
|
904,365
|
|||||
66,278,048
|
||||||||
Health Care 17.14%
|
||||||||
Aduro Biotech, Inc.(a)(b)(c)
|
98,500
|
1,167,225
|
||||||
Akorn, Inc.(a)(c)
|
38,600
|
737,260
|
||||||
Align Technology, Inc.(a)(c)
|
21,000
|
1,925,490
|
||||||
Biogen, Inc.(a)(b)(c)
|
13,790
|
3,823,140
|
||||||
BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.(a)(c)
|
22,300
|
1,954,149
|
||||||
Boston Scientific Corp.(a)(b)(c)
|
127,500
|
3,067,650
|
||||||
Bristol-Meyers Squibb Co.(a)(b)
|
110,816
|
5,447,714
|
||||||
Cardiome Pharma Corp.(a)(b)(c)
|
418,200
|
1,233,690
|
||||||
CRISPR Therapeutics AG(c)
|
57,100
|
1,013,525
|
||||||
CRISPR Therapeutics AG(c)(d)(e)(f)
|
69,667
|
1,210,485
|
||||||
Dermira, Inc.(c)
|
9,500
|
279,680
|
||||||
Envision Healthcare Corp.(a)(c)
|
11,000
|
748,000
|
||||||
Gilead Sciences, Inc.(a)(b)
|
49,800
|
3,608,010
|
||||||
GW Pharmaceuticals PLC - ADR(a)(c)
|
5,900
|
678,382
|
||||||
Hologic, Inc.(a)(b)(c)
|
52,200
|
2,115,666
|
||||||
Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.(c)
|
49,600
|
716,224
|
||||||
Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC(c)
|
7,300
|
890,016
|
||||||
Kura Oncology, Inc.(a)(c)
|
31,600
|
197,500
|
||||||
Merck & Co., Inc.(a)(b)
|
80,000
|
4,959,200
|
||||||
Pfizer, Inc.(a)(b)
|
81,600
|
2,589,168
|
||||||
38,362,174
|
||||||||
Industrials 2.79%
|
||||||||
TransDigm Group, Inc.(a)(b)
|
28,835
|
6,239,894
|
||||||
Information Technology 29.00%
|
||||||||
Alibaba Group Holding, Ltd. - Sponsored ADR(a)(c)
|
19,100
|
1,935,021
|
||||||
Alphabet, Inc. - Class A(a)(c)
|
3,383
|
2,774,703
|
||||||
ams AG
|
32,559
|
1,117,051
|
||||||
Apple, Inc.(a)(b)
|
97,400
|
11,819,490
|
||||||
Baidu, Inc. - Sponsored ADR(a)(c)
|
6,600
|
1,155,462
|
||||||
Broadcom, Ltd.(a)(b)
|
50,970
|
10,168,515
|
||||||
Catcher Technology Co., Ltd.
|
248,000
|
2,017,482
|
||||||
Dialog Semiconductor PLC(c)
|
75,654
|
3,507,665
|
||||||
HubSpot, Inc.(c)
|
37,300
|
1,913,490
|
||||||
LogMeIn, Inc.(a)
|
18,200
|
1,967,420
|
||||||
MaxLinear, Inc. - Class A(a)(c)
|
19,400
|
496,252
|
||||||
Microsoft Corp.(a)(b)
|
64,500
|
4,169,925
|
||||||
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.(a)
|
16,100
|
1,404,564
|
||||||
Nintendo Co., Ltd.
|
5,700
|
1,167,160
|
||||||
ON Semiconductor Corp.(a)(c)
|
126,800
|
1,688,976
|
||||||
salesforce.com, Inc.(c)
|
20,500
|
1,621,550
|
||||||
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
|
2,901
|
4,925,284
|
||||||
Ulvac, Inc.
|
24,400
|
865,486
|
||||||
ViaSat, Inc.(a)(b)(c)
|
68,042
|
4,416,606
|
||||||
Yelp, Inc.(a)(b)(c)
|
138,300
|
5,778,174
|
||||||
64,910,276
|
||||||||
Materials 0.85%
|
||||||||
Chr Hansen Holding A/S
|
31,409
|
1,915,058
|
Shares
|
Value
|
|||||||
Telecommunication Services 3.39%
|
||||||||
China Mobile, Ltd.
|
380,000
|
$
|
4,302,543
|
|||||
T-Mobile US, Inc.(a)(c)
|
52,800
|
3,287,856
|
||||||
7,590,399
|
||||||||
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
|
||||||||
(Cost $226,055,079)
|
237,127,639
|
|||||||
CLOSED-END FUNDS 2.66%
|
||||||||
Calamos Global Dynamic Income Fund
|
90,900
|
674,478
|
||||||
Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Diversified Equity Income Fund
|
171,900
|
1,832,454
|
||||||
Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity Income Fund
|
329,200
|
2,781,740
|
||||||
Voya Global Equity Dividend and Premium Opportunity Fund
|
93,200
|
657,992
|
||||||
5,946,664
|
||||||||
TOTAL CLOSED-END FUNDS
|
||||||||
(Cost $5,915,869)
|
5,946,664
|
|||||||
PARTICIPATION NOTES 0.65%
|
||||||||
Consumer Staples 0.65%
|
||||||||
Kweichow Moutai Co., Ltd. - Class A (Loan Participation Notes issued by Morgan Stanley Asia Products), expiring 11/09/2017(d)
|
29,142
|
1,459,303
|
||||||
TOTAL PARTICIPATION NOTES
|
||||||||
(Cost $975,401)
|
1,459,303
|
|||||||
PREFERRED STOCKS 2.55%
|
||||||||
AGNC Investment Corp.
|
||||||||
Series B, 7.750%
|
500
|
12,625
|
||||||
Annaly Capital Management, Inc.
|
||||||||
Series E, 7.625%
|
144,431
|
3,532,782
|
||||||
Ares Management LP(a)
|
||||||||
Series A, 7.000%
|
71,000
|
1,841,030
|
||||||
Hercules Capital, Inc., 6.250%(a)
|
12,300
|
315,372
|
||||||
5,701,809
|
||||||||
TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS
|
||||||||
(Cost $5,584,093)
|
5,701,809
|
Shares
|
Value
|
|||||||
WARRANTS 0.00%(c)(g)
|
||||||||
Atlas Mara, Ltd., Strike price $11.50, Expires 12/17/2017(d)
|
195,720
|
$
|
108
|
|||||
TOTAL WARRANTS
|
||||||||
(Cost $1,957)
|
108
|
|||||||
Description and
|
Principal
|
|||||||
Maturity Date
|
Amount
|
Value
|
||||||
CORPORATE BONDS 2.18%
|
||||||||
Citigroup, Inc.
|
||||||||
Series N, Perpetual Maturity, 5.800%(a)(h)(i)
|
$
|
1,900,000
|
1,954,625
|
|||||
SunTrust Banks, Inc.
|
||||||||
Perpetual Maturity, 5.625%(a)(b)(h)(i)
|
1,000,000
|
1,035,000
|
||||||
Western Digital Corp.
|
||||||||
04/01/2024, 10.500%(a)(b)(d)
|
1,595,000
|
1,884,094
|
||||||
TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS
|
||||||||
(Cost $4,506,809)
|
4,873,719
|
|||||||
ASSET/MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES 0.70%
|
||||||||
Government National Mortgage Association - REMICS
|
||||||||
Series 2011-142, Class A, 10/16/2040, 2.337%(a)
|
1,564,869
|
1,565,975
|
||||||
TOTAL ASSET/MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES
|
||||||||
(Cost $1,589,550)
|
1,565,975
|
|||||||
GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATIONS 14.68%
|
||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bonds
|
||||||||
11/15/2026, 6.500%(a)
|
1,600,000
|
2,163,813
|
||||||
08/15/2029, 6.125%(a)
|
4,500,000
|
6,216,417
|
||||||
U.S. Treasury Notes
|
||||||||
05/15/2017, 4.500%(a)
|
5,000,000
|
5,054,635
|
||||||
08/15/2017, 4.750%(a)
|
15,000,000
|
15,324,255
|
||||||
02/15/2018, 3.500%(a)
|
4,000,000
|
4,106,564
|
||||||
TOTAL GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATIONS
|
||||||||
(Cost $33,345,587)
|
32,865,684
|
|||||||
Shares
|
Value
|
|||||||
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 14.90%
|
||||||||
Money Market Fund 14.90%
|
||||||||
BlackRock Liquidity Funds, T-Fund Portfolio - Institutional Class (0.364% 7-day yield)
|
33,361,249
|
33,361,249
|
||||||
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
|
||||||||
(Cost $33,361,249)
|
33,361,249
|
Value
|
||||||||
Total Investments - 144.26%
|
||||||||
(Cost $311,335,594)
|
$
|
322,902,150
|
||||||
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets - (44.26%)(j)
|
(99,072,250
|
)
|
||||||
NET ASSETS - 100.00%
|
$
|
223,829,900
|
||||||
SCHEDULE OF SECURITIES SOLD SHORT (c)
|
Shares
|
Value
|
||||||
COMMON STOCKS (5.31%)
|
||||||||
Energy (0.25%)
|
||||||||
Transocean, Ltd.
|
(40,100
|
)
|
(560,197
|
)
|
||||
Financials (0.99%)
|
||||||||
American Express Co.
|
(9,600
|
)
|
(733,248
|
)
|
||||
Capital One Financial Corp.
|
(9,400
|
)
|
(821,466
|
)
|
||||
Deutsche Bank AG
|
(33,300
|
)
|
(663,003
|
)
|
||||
(2,217,717
|
)
|
|||||||
Health Care (0.39%)
|
||||||||
Amgen, Inc.
|
(3,600
|
)
|
(564,048
|
)
|
||||
Mallinckrodt PLC
|
(6,300
|
)
|
(306,999
|
)
|
||||
(871,047
|
)
|
|||||||
Industrials (1.74%)
|
||||||||
Caterpillar, Inc.
|
(11,000
|
)
|
(1,052,260
|
)
|
||||
Deutsche Lufthansa AG
|
(213,336
|
)
|
(2,840,706
|
)
|
||||
(3,892,966
|
)
|
|||||||
Information Technology (1.94%)
|
||||||||
Infosys, Ltd. - Sponsored ADR
|
(105,800
|
)
|
(1,456,866
|
)
|
||||
International Business Machines Corp.
|
(16,500
|
)
|
(2,879,580
|
)
|
||||
(4,336,446
|
)
|
|||||||
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
|
||||||||
(Proceeds $11,066,844)
|
(11,878,373
|
)
|
||||||
EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS (1.90%)
|
||||||||
Health Care Select Sector SPDR® Fund
|
(26,100
|
)
|
(1,840,572
|
)
|
||||
SPDR® S&P® Biotech ETF
|
(29,300
|
)
|
(1,901,570
|
)
|
||||
United States Natural Gas Fund LP
|
(64,000
|
)
|
(503,040
|
)
|
||||
TOTAL EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS
|
||||||||
(Proceeds $4,306,434)
|
(4,245,182
|
)
|
||||||
TOTAL SECURITIES SOLD SHORT
|
||||||||
(Proceeds $15,373,278)
|
$
|
(16,123,555
|
)
|
(a)
|
Pledged security; a portion or all of the security is pledged as collateral for securities sold short or borrowings. As of January 31, 2017, the aggregate value of those securities was $213,472,500, representing 95.37% of net assets. (See Note 1 and Note 3)
|
(b)
|
Loaned security; a portion or all of the security is on loan as of January 31, 2017.
|
(c)
|
Non-income producing security.
|
(d)
|
Security exempt from registration of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration under Rule 144A, normally to qualified institutional buyers. As of January 31, 2017, these securities had an aggregate value of $7,088,352 or 3.17% of net assets.
|
(e)
|
Private Placement; these securities may only be resold in transactions exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933. As of January 31, 2017, these securities had a total value of $3,413,685 or 1.53% of net assets and have been deemed illiquid by the Adviser based on procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. (See Note 1)
|
(f)
|
Fair valued security; valued by management in accordance with procedures approved by the Fund's Board of Trustees. As of January 31, 2017, these securities had an aggregate value of $3,413,685 or 1.53% of total net assets.
|
(g)
|
Less than 0.005% or (0.005%) of net assets.
|
(h)
|
Floating or variable rate security - rate disclosed as of January 31, 2017.
|
(i)
|
This security has no contractual maturity date, is not redeemable and contractually pays an indefinite stream of interest.
|
(j)
|
Includes cash which is being held as collateral for total return swap contracts, securities sold short or futures contracts.
|
FUTURES CONTRACTS
|
|||||||||||
Expiration
|
Underlying Face
|
Unrealized
|
|||||||||
Description
|
Position
|
Contracts
|
Date
|
Amount at Value
|
Depreciation
|
||||||
Foreign Currency Contracts
|
|||||||||||
Japanese Yen Currency Futures
|
Short
|
80
|
03/13/2017
|
$
|
(8,883,000
|
)
|
$
|
(409,895
|
)
|
||
$
|
(8,883,000
|
)
|
$
|
(409,895
|
)
|
TOTAL RETURN SWAP CONTRACTS
|
||||||||||||
Reference
|
Notional
|
Floating Rate
|
Floating
|
Termination
|
Net Unrealized
|
|||||||
Counter Party
|
Entity/Obligation
|
Amount
|
Paid by the Fund
|
Rate Index
|
Date
|
Appreciation
|
||||||
Credit Suisse
|
Housing Development Finance Corp.
|
$
|
3,713,827
|
75 bps + 1M LIBOR
|
1 M LIBOR
|
12/31/2020
|
$
|
170,204
|
||||
Morgan Stanley
|
ITC, Ltd.
|
1,354,041
|
225 bps + 1D FEDEF
|
1 D FEDEF
|
07/12/2018
|
24,155
|
||||||
$
|
5,067,868
|
$
|
194,359
|
|||||||||
Reference
|
Notional
|
Floating Rate
|
Floating
|
Termination
|
Net Unrealized
|
|||||||
Counter Party
|
Entity/Obligation
|
Amount
|
Paid by the Fund
|
Rate Index
|
Date
|
Depreciation
|
||||||
Credit Suisse
|
Hero MotoCorp, Ltd.
|
$
|
1,718,123
|
75 bps + 1M LIBOR
|
1 M LIBOR
|
12/31/2020
|
$
|
(35,741
|
)
|
|||
Credit Suisse
|
Larsen & Toubro, Ltd.
|
1,866,339
|
75 bps + 1M LIBOR
|
1 M LIBOR
|
12/31/2020
|
(50,773
|
)
|
|||||
Morgan Stanley
|
Mahindra & Mahindra, Ltd.
|
1,622,777
|
225 bps + 1D FEDEF
|
1 D FEDEF
|
07/12/2018
|
(9,980
|
)
|
|||||
Credit Suisse
|
Mahindra & Mahindra, Ltd.
|
1,374,538
|
75 bps + 1M LIBOR
|
1 M LIBOR
|
12/31/2020
|
(212,030
|
)
|
|||||
$
|
6,581,777
|
$
|
(308,524
|
)
|
||||||||
$
|
11,649,645
|
$
|
(114,165
|
)
|
Clough Global Opportunities Fund
|
||||||||
STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS
|
||||||||
January 31, 2017 (Unaudited)
|
||||||||
Shares
|
Value
|
|||||||
COMMON STOCKS 79.55%
|
||||||||
Consumer Discretionary 14.17%
|
||||||||
Cable One, Inc.
|
4,508
|
$
|
2,850,769
|
|||||
DR Horton, Inc.(a)(b)
|
399,701
|
11,955,057
|
||||||
IMAX Corp.(a)(b)(c)
|
248,700
|
8,107,620
|
||||||
Lennar Corp. - Class A(a)(b)
|
188,800
|
8,429,920
|
||||||
Liberty Broadband Corp. - Class C(a)(b)(c)
|
181,267
|
15,469,326
|
||||||
Liberty Ventures - Series A(a)(c)
|
401,062
|
17,506,356
|
||||||
PulteGroup, Inc.(a)(b)
|
333,600
|
7,175,736
|
||||||
Service Corp. International(a)(b)
|
171,000
|
4,981,230
|
||||||
Sony Corp.
|
113,000
|
3,425,729
|
||||||
79,901,743
|
||||||||
Consumer Staples 0.53%
|
||||||||
Kose Corp.
|
35,200
|
2,992,826
|
||||||
Energy 6.12%
|
||||||||
Concho Resources, Inc.(a)(b)(c)
|
43,500
|
6,065,640
|
||||||
Devon Energy Corp.(a)
|
65,600
|
2,987,424
|
||||||
EOG Resources, Inc.(a)(b)
|
97,800
|
9,934,524
|
||||||
Fairway Energy LP(c)(d)(e)(f)
|
536,000
|
5,427,000
|
||||||
Parsley Energy, Inc. - Class A(a)(b)(c)
|
51,790
|
1,824,044
|
||||||
Pioneer Natural Resources Co.(a)(b)
|
45,790
|
8,252,732
|
||||||
34,491,364
|
||||||||
Financials 19.02%
|
||||||||
Ares Capital Corp.(a)(b)
|
835,400
|
14,118,260
|
||||||
Bank of America Corp.(a)(b)
|
711,910
|
16,117,642
|
||||||
Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. - Class A(a)(b)
|
314,400
|
9,586,056
|
||||||
Citigroup, Inc.(a)(b)
|
319,527
|
17,839,193
|
||||||
Credit Acceptance Corp.(a)(b)(c)
|
25,662
|
5,267,895
|
||||||
Global Medical REIT, Inc.(a)
|
310,000
|
2,743,500
|
||||||
Golub Capital BDC, Inc.(a)(b)
|
454,457
|
8,489,257
|
||||||
JPMorgan Chase & Co.(a)(b)
|
33,100
|
2,801,253
|
||||||
Ladder Capital Corp.(a)
|
228,511
|
3,098,609
|
||||||
MedEquities Realty Trust, Inc.(a)
|
488,933
|
5,329,370
|
||||||
PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust(a)(b)
|
374,014
|
6,339,537
|
||||||
Solar Capital, Ltd.(a)
|
37,631
|
798,530
|
||||||
Starwood Property Trust, Inc.(a)(b)
|
660,586
|
14,704,644
|
||||||
107,233,746
|
||||||||
Health Care 11.51%
|
||||||||
Akorn, Inc.(a)(c)
|
75,200
|
1,436,320
|
||||||
Align Technology, Inc.(a)(b)(c)
|
52,900
|
4,850,401
|
||||||
Biogen, Inc.(a)(b)(c)
|
17,770
|
4,926,555
|
||||||
BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.(a)(b)(c)
|
27,400
|
2,401,062
|
Shares
|
Value
|
|||||||
Health Care (continued)
|
||||||||
Boston Scientific Corp.(a)(c)
|
129,900
|
$
|
3,125,394
|
|||||
Bristol-Meyers Squibb Co.(a)
|
118,100
|
5,805,796
|
||||||
Cardiome Pharma Corp.(a)(c)
|
1,042,181
|
3,074,434
|
||||||
CRISPR Therapeutics AG(c)
|
145,900
|
2,589,725
|
||||||
CRISPR Therapeutics AG(c)(d)(e)(f)
|
178,110
|
3,094,714
|
||||||
Envision Healthcare Corp.(a)(c)
|
21,400
|
1,455,200
|
||||||
Gilead Sciences, Inc.(a)(b)
|
78,400
|
5,680,080
|
||||||
GW Pharmaceuticals PLC - ADR(a)(c)
|
11,400
|
1,310,772
|
||||||
Hologic, Inc.(a)(b)(c)
|
131,300
|
5,321,589
|
||||||
Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.(c)
|
126,100
|
1,820,884
|
||||||
Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC(c)
|
14,300
|
1,743,456
|
||||||
Kura Oncology, Inc.(c)
|
77,636
|
485,225
|
||||||
Merck & Co., Inc.(a)(b)
|
174,500
|
10,817,255
|
||||||
Pfizer, Inc.(a)(b)
|
157,200
|
4,987,956
|
||||||
64,926,818
|
||||||||
Industrials 2.82%
|
||||||||
TransDigm Group, Inc.(a)
|
73,570
|
15,920,548
|
||||||
Information Technology 22.04%
|
||||||||
Alibaba Group Holding, Ltd. - Sponsored ADR(a)(b)(c)
|
48,800
|
4,943,928
|
||||||
Alphabet, Inc. - Class A(a)(b)(c)
|
8,667
|
7,108,587
|
||||||
Apple, Inc.(a)(b)
|
241,100
|
29,257,485
|
||||||
Baidu, Inc. - Sponsored ADR(a)(c)
|
16,900
|
2,958,683
|
||||||
Broadcom, Ltd.(a)(b)
|
79,770
|
15,914,115
|
||||||
MaxLinear, Inc. - Class A(c)
|
49,100
|
1,255,978
|
||||||
Microsoft Corp.(a)(b)
|
130,200
|
8,417,430
|
||||||
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.(a)
|
40,600
|
3,541,944
|
||||||
Nintendo Co., Ltd.
|
14,800
|
3,030,520
|
||||||
ON Semiconductor Corp.(a)(b)(c)
|
319,075
|
4,250,079
|
||||||
salesforce.com, Inc.(a)(c)
|
51,900
|
4,105,290
|
||||||
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
|
7,377
|
12,524,585
|
||||||
Ulvac, Inc.
|
62,700
|
2,224,015
|
||||||
ViaSat, Inc.(a)(b)(c)
|
157,835
|
10,245,070
|
||||||
Yelp, Inc.(a)(b)(c)
|
347,700
|
14,526,906
|
||||||
124,304,615
|
||||||||
Materials 0.84%
|
||||||||
Chr Hansen Holding A/S
|
78,002
|
4,755,909
|
||||||
Telecommunication Services 2.50%
|
||||||||
China Mobile, Ltd.
|
808,500
|
9,154,226
|
||||||
T-Mobile US, Inc.(a)(c)
|
79,200
|
4,931,784
|
||||||
14,086,010
|
||||||||
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
|
||||||||
(Cost $424,014,707)
|
448,613,579
|
Shares
|
Value
|
|||||||
PARTICIPATION NOTES 0.64%
|
||||||||
Consumer Staples 0.64%
|
||||||||
Kweichow Moutai Co., Ltd. - Class A (Loan Participation Notes issued by Morgan Stanley Asia Products), expiring 11/09/2017(d)
|
72,007
|
$
|
3,605,794
|
|||||
TOTAL PARTICIPATION NOTES
|
||||||||
(Cost $2,410,120)
|
3,605,794
|
|||||||
PREFERRED STOCKS 1.38%
|
||||||||
Annaly Capital Management, Inc.
|
||||||||
Series E, 7.625%
|
162,911
|
3,984,803
|
||||||
Ares Management LP(a)(b)
|
||||||||
Series A, 7.000%
|
147,000
|
3,811,710
|
||||||
7,796,513
|
||||||||
TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS
|
||||||||
(Cost $7,614,164)
|
7,796,513
|
|||||||
WARRANTS 0.00%(c)(g)
|
||||||||
Atlas Mara, Ltd., Strike price $11.50, Expires 12/17/2017(d)
|
487,322
|
268
|
||||||
TOTAL WARRANTS
|
||||||||
(Cost $4,873)
|
268
|
|||||||
Description and
|
Principal
|
|||||||
Maturity Date
|
Amount
|
Value
|
||||||
CORPORATE BONDS 36.82%
|
||||||||
Ares Capital Corp.
|
||||||||
01/15/2020, 3.875%(a)
|
$
|
7,383,000
|
7,525,071
|
|||||
01/19/2022, 3.625%(a)(b)
|
6,012,000
|
5,885,670
|
||||||
Bank of America Corp.
|
||||||||
10/21/2022, 2.503%
|
1,000,000
|
967,483
|
||||||
The Bank of Nova Scotia
|
||||||||
06/05/2019, 2.050%
|
4,000,000
|
4,009,692
|
||||||
Biogen, Inc.
|
||||||||
09/15/2020, 2.900%
|
4,688,000
|
4,767,415
|
||||||
Branch Banking & Trust Co.
|
||||||||
05/10/2019, 1.450%(a)
|
5,000,000
|
4,945,030
|
||||||
CalAtlantic Group, Inc.
|
||||||||
06/01/2026, 5.250%(a)
|
5,300,000
|
5,273,500
|
||||||
Care Capital Properties LP
|
||||||||
08/15/2026, 5.125%(d)
|
4,500,000
|
4,358,232
|
||||||
Chevron Corp.
|
||||||||
03/02/2018, 1.365%
|
1,845,000
|
1,844,100
|
||||||
Citigroup, Inc.
|
||||||||
Series N, Perpetual Maturity, 5.800%(a)(h)(i)
|
4,800,000
|
4,938,000
|
||||||
Citizens Bank National Association
|
||||||||
12/04/2019, 2.450%
|
4,802,000
|
4,829,756
|
||||||
05/13/2021, 2.550%(a)
|
3,000,000
|
2,989,395
|
Description and
|
Principal
|
|||||||
Maturity Date
|
Amount
|
Value
|
||||||
CORPORATE BONDS (continued)
|
||||||||
Dominion Gas Holdings LLC
|
||||||||
12/15/2019, 2.500%(a)
|
$
|
6,885,000
|
$
|
6,968,302
|
||||
EMC Corp.
|
||||||||
06/01/2018, 1.875%
|
1,500,000
|
1,492,792
|
||||||
06/01/2023, 3.375%(a)(b)
|
4,000,000
|
3,743,928
|
||||||
Exelon Generation Co., LLC
|
||||||||
01/15/2020, 2.950%
|
3,510,000
|
3,557,051
|
||||||
First Republic Bank
|
||||||||
06/17/2019, 2.375%(a)
|
3,000,000
|
2,997,714
|
||||||
Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC
|
||||||||
05/03/2019, 2.021%(a)(b)
|
6,000,000
|
5,949,144
|
||||||
General Motors Co.
|
||||||||
10/02/2018, 3.500%(a)
|
5,000,000
|
5,106,605
|
||||||
General Motors Financial Co., Inc.
|
||||||||
01/15/2020, 3.150%(a)
|
6,000,000
|
6,058,998
|
||||||
Jackson National Life Global Funding
|
||||||||
04/29/2021, 2.250%(a)(d)
|
4,160,000
|
4,107,101
|
||||||
Kraft Heinz Foods Co.
|
||||||||
07/02/2018, 2.000%
|
1,000,000
|
1,001,999
|
||||||
Ladder Capital Finance Holdings LLLP / Ladder Capital Finance Corp.
|
||||||||
10/01/2017, 7.375%(a)
|
880,000
|
885,500
|
||||||
08/01/2021, 5.875%(a)(d)
|
3,500,000
|
3,486,875
|
||||||
Lear Corp.
|
||||||||
01/15/2023, 4.750%
|
5,000,000
|
5,224,650
|
||||||
01/15/2025, 5.250%(a)
|
4,000,000
|
4,264,400
|
||||||
Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co.
|
||||||||
07/25/2019, 2.250%
|
4,000,000
|
4,035,344
|
||||||
02/06/2020, 2.100%
|
4,000,000
|
4,000,516
|
||||||
Metropolitan Life Global Funding I
|
||||||||
09/15/2021, 1.950%(d)
|
3,000,000
|
2,916,354
|
||||||
NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc.
|
||||||||
09/15/2019, 2.700%(a)
|
2,000,000
|
2,022,472
|
||||||
Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.
|
||||||||
03/15/2024, 5.875%(a)
|
4,000,000
|
4,121,680
|
||||||
04/01/2027, 4.500%(a)
|
4,000,000
|
3,896,416
|
||||||
People's United Financial, Inc.
|
||||||||
12/06/2022, 3.650%(a)
|
4,000,000
|
4,036,904
|
||||||
PNC Bank National Association
|
||||||||
12/07/2018, 1.700%
|
4,000,000
|
3,993,236
|
||||||
07/29/2019, 1.450%
|
3,000,000
|
2,964,513
|
||||||
Pricoa Global Funding I
|
||||||||
05/16/2019, 2.200%(a)(d)
|
5,000,000
|
5,027,955
|
||||||
Royal Bank of Canada
|
||||||||
04/15/2019, 1.625%
|
3,000,000
|
2,979,849
|
||||||
02/05/2020, 1.875%(a)
|
5,000,000
|
4,967,570
|
||||||
Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc.
|
||||||||
11/15/2019, 2.750%
|
4,000,000
|
4,054,276
|
||||||
06/15/2020, 2.800%
|
4,000,000
|
4,038,400
|
||||||
Southern Power Co.
|
||||||||
Series D, 12/15/2019, 1.950%
|
4,500,000
|
4,474,782
|
||||||
SunTrust Banks, Inc.
|
||||||||
11/01/2018, 2.350%(a)
|
5,000,000
|
5,046,335
|
||||||
Textron Financial Corp.
|
||||||||
02/15/2067, 6.000%(a)(d)(h)
|
4,000,000
|
2,980,000
|
Description and
|
Principal
|
|||||||
Maturity Date
|
Amount
|
Value
|
||||||
CORPORATE BONDS (continued)
|
||||||||
The Toronto-Dominion Bank
|
||||||||
08/13/2019, 1.450%
|
$
|
5,024,000
|
$
|
4,959,135
|
||||
12/14/2020, 2.500%
|
3,332,000
|
3,346,531
|
||||||
Under Armour, Inc.
|
||||||||
06/15/2026, 3.250%(a)(b)
|
8,000,000
|
7,395,960
|
||||||
Verizon Communications, Inc.
|
||||||||
09/14/2018, 3.650%(a)
|
3,000,000
|
3,097,395
|
||||||
Wells Fargo & Co.
|
||||||||
12/07/2020, 2.550%(a)
|
10,000,000
|
10,017,530
|
||||||
Western Digital Corp.
|
||||||||
04/01/2024, 10.500%(a)(b)(d)
|
5,169,000
|
6,105,881
|
||||||
TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS
|
||||||||
(Cost $208,119,842)
|
207,657,437
|
|||||||
ASSET/MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES 6.21%
|
||||||||
Government National Mortgage Association - REMICS
|
||||||||
Series 2014-67, Class AE, 05/16/2039, 2.150%
|
8,764,413
|
8,857,582
|
||||||
Series 2012-83, Class A, 07/16/2041, 1.368%
|
3,968,830
|
3,847,338
|
||||||
Series 2014-172, Class AC, 09/16/2041, 1.900%
|
6,321,247
|
6,228,797
|
||||||
Series 2013-68, Class AC, 02/16/2046, 1.300%
|
3,707,079
|
3,545,352
|
||||||
Series 2011-144, Class B, 04/16/2046, 3.291%
|
1,423,496
|
1,425,552
|
||||||
Series 2015-130, Class AB, 08/16/2047, 2.550%
|
3,241,196
|
3,234,461
|
||||||
Series 2014-166, Class PJ, 07/16/2051, 2.500%
|
4,428,359
|
4,442,425
|
||||||
Series 2012-111, Class A, 09/16/2052, 2.387%
|
3,390,191
|
3,412,567
|
||||||
TOTAL ASSET/MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES
|
||||||||
(Cost $35,664,187)
|
34,994,074
|
|||||||
GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATIONS 13.90%
|
||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bonds
|
||||||||
08/15/2026, 6.750%(a)
|
2,800,000
|
3,828,126
|
||||||
11/15/2026, 6.500%(a)
|
6,300,000
|
8,520,013
|
||||||
08/15/2029, 6.125%(a)
|
6,750,000
|
9,324,626
|
||||||
U.S. Treasury Notes
|
||||||||
08/15/2017, 4.750%(a)
|
20,000,000
|
20,432,340
|
||||||
02/15/2018, 3.500%(a)
|
14,000,000
|
14,372,974
|
||||||
05/15/2018, 3.875%(a)
|
11,500,000
|
11,927,880
|
||||||
01/15/2019, 1.125%(a)
|
10,000,000
|
9,985,940
|
||||||
TOTAL GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATIONS
|
||||||||
(Cost $79,655,529)
|
78,391,899
|
Shares
|
Value
|
|||||||
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 10.19%
|
||||||||
Money Market Fund 10.19%
|
||||||||
BlackRock Liquidity Funds, T-Fund Portfolio - Institutional Class (0.364% 7-day yield)
|
57,436,626
|
$
|
57,436,626
|
|||||
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
|
||||||||
(Cost $57,436,626)
|
57,436,626
|
|||||||
Total Investments - 148.69%
|
||||||||
(Cost $814,920,048)
|
838,496,190
|
|||||||
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets - (48.69%)(j)
|
(274,579,216
|
)
|
||||||
NET ASSETS - 100.00%
|
$
|
563,916,974
|
||||||
SCHEDULE OF SECURITIES SOLD SHORT (c)
|
Shares
|
Value
|
||||||
COMMON STOCKS (5.30%)
|
||||||||
Energy (0.25%)
|
||||||||
Transocean, Ltd.
|
(99,844
|
)
|
(1,394,821
|
)
|
||||
Financials (0.99%)
|
||||||||
American Express Co.
|
(24,300
|
)
|
(1,856,034
|
)
|
||||
Capital One Financial Corp.
|
(23,500
|
)
|
(2,053,665
|
)
|
||||
Deutsche Bank AG
|
(84,700
|
)
|
(1,686,377
|
)
|
||||
(5,596,076
|
)
|
|||||||
Health Care (0.39%)
|
||||||||
Amgen, Inc.
|
(9,100
|
)
|
(1,425,788
|
)
|
||||
Mallinckrodt PLC
|
(16,100
|
)
|
(784,553
|
)
|
||||
(2,210,341
|
)
|
|||||||
Industrials (1.73%)
|
||||||||
Caterpillar, Inc.
|
(28,300
|
)
|
(2,707,178
|
)
|
||||
Deutsche Lufthansa AG
|
(526,845
|
)
|
(7,015,280
|
)
|
||||
(9,722,458
|
)
|
|||||||
Information Technology (1.94%)
|
||||||||
Infosys, Ltd. - Sponsored ADR
|
(266,600
|
)
|
(3,671,082
|
)
|
||||
International Business Machines Corp.
|
(41,700
|
)
|
(7,277,484
|
)
|
||||
(10,948,566
|
)
|
|||||||
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
|
||||||||
(Proceeds $27,841,023)
|
(29,872,262
|
)
|
||||||
EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS (1.92%)
|
||||||||
Health Care Select Sector SPDR® Fund
|
(66,400
|
)
|
(4,682,528
|
)
|
||||
SPDR® S&P® Biotech ETF
|
(74,600
|
)
|
(4,841,540
|
)
|
SCHEDULE OF SECURITIES SOLD SHORT (c) (continued)
|
Shares
|
Value
|
||||||
EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS (continued)
|
||||||||
United States Natural Gas Fund LP
|
(162,900
|
)
|
$
|
(1,280,394
|
)
|
|||
TOTAL EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS
|
||||||||
(Proceeds $10,960,520)
|
(10,804,462
|
)
|
||||||
TOTAL SECURITIES SOLD SHORT
|
||||||||
(Proceeds $38,801,543)
|
$
|
(40,676,724
|
)
|
(a)
|
Pledged security; a portion or all of the security is pledged as collateral for securities sold short or borrowings. As of January 31, 2017, the aggregate value of those securities was $564,275,886, representing 100.06% of net assets. (See Note 1 and Note 3)
|
(b)
|
Loaned security; a portion or all of the security is on loan as of January 31, 2017.
|
(c)
|
Non-income producing security.
|
(d)
|
Security exempt from registration of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration under Rule 144A, normally to qualified institutional buyers. As of January 31, 2017, these securities had an aggregate value of $41,110,174 or 7.29% of net assets.
|
(e)
|
Private Placement; these securities may only be resold in transactions exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933. As of January 31, 2017, these securities had a total value of $8,521,714 or 1.51% of net assets and have been deemed illiquid by the Adviser based on procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. (See Note 1)
|
(f)
|
Fair valued security; valued by management in accordance with procedures approved by the Fund's Board of Trustees. As of January 31, 2017, these securities had an aggregate value of $8,521,714 or 1.51% of total net assets.
|
(g)
|
Less than 0.005% or (0.005%) of net assets.
|
(h)
|
Floating or variable rate security - rate disclosed as of January 31, 2017.
|
(i)
|
This security has no contractual maturity date, is not redeemable and contractually pays an indefinite stream of interest.
|
(j)
|
Includes cash which is being held as collateral for total return swap contracts, securities sold short or futures contracts.
|
FUTURES CONTRACTS
|
|||||||||||
Expiration
|
Underlying Face
|
Unrealized
|
|||||||||
Description
|
Position
|
Contracts
|
Date
|
Amount at Value
|
Depreciation
|
||||||
Foreign Currency Contracts
|
|||||||||||
Japanese Yen Currency Futures
|
Short
|
204
|
03/13/2017
|
$
|
(22,651,650
|
)
|
$
|
(1,045,232
|
)
|
||
$
|
(22,651,650
|
)
|
$
|
(1,045,232
|
)
|
TOTAL RETURN SWAP CONTRACTS
|
||||||||||||
Reference
|
Notional
|
Floating Rate
|
Floating
|
Termination
|
Net Unrealized
|
|||||||
Counter Party
|
Entity/Obligation
|
Amount
|
Paid by the Fund
|
Rate Index
|
Date
|
Appreciation
|
||||||
Credit Suisse
|
Housing Development Finance Corp.
|
$
|
9,409,156
|
75 bps + 1M LIBOR
|
1 M LIBOR
|
12/31/2020
|
$
|
432,231
|
||||
Morgan Stanley
|
ITC, Ltd.
|
3,487,809
|
225 bps + 1D FEDEF
|
1 D FEDEF
|
07/12/2018
|
63,338
|
||||||
$
|
12,896,965
|
$
|
495,569
|
|||||||||
Reference
|
Notional
|
Floating Rate
|
Floating
|
Termination
|
Net Unrealized
|
|||||||
Counter Party
|
Entity/Obligation
|
Amount
|
Paid by the Fund
|
Rate Index
|
Date
|
Depreciation
|
||||||
Credit Suisse
|
Hero MotoCorp, Ltd.
|
$
|
4,344,756
|
75 bps + 1M LIBOR
|
1 M LIBOR
|
12/31/2020
|
$
|
(90,174
|
)
|
|||
Credit Suisse
|
Larsen & Toubro, Ltd.
|
4,737,424
|
75 bps + 1M LIBOR
|
1 M LIBOR
|
12/31/2020
|
(128,268
|
)
|
|||||
Morgan Stanley
|
Mahindra & Mahindra, Ltd.
|
4,121,953
|
225 bps + 1D FEDEF
|
1 D FEDEF
|
07/12/2018
|
(25,775
|
)
|
|||||
Credit Suisse
|
Mahindra & Mahindra, Ltd.
|
3,470,925
|
75 bps + 1M LIBOR
|
1 M LIBOR
|
12/31/2020
|
(535,409
|
)
|
|||||
$
|
16,675,058
|
$
|
(779,626
|
)
|
||||||||
$
|
29,572,023
|
$
|
(284,057
|
)
|
Abbreviations:
|
1D FEDEF - Federal Funds Effective Rate (Daily)
|
1M LIBOR - London Interbank Offered Rate (Monthly)
|
ADR - American Depositary Receipt
|
AG - Aktiengesellschaft is a German term that refers to a corporation that is limited by shares, i.e., owned by shareholders
|
A/S - Aktieselskab, Joint Stock Company in Denmark
|
BDC - Business Development Company
|
bps - Basis Points
|
ETF - Exchange Traded Fund
|
LLC - Limited Liability Corporation
|
LLLP - Limited Liability Limited Partnership
|
LP - Limited Partnership
|
Ltd. - Limited
|
MLP - Master Limited Partnership
|
PLC - Public Limited Company
|
REIT - Real Estate Investment Trust
|
REMICS - Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits
|
S&P - Standard and Poor's
|
SPDR - Standard & Poor's Depository Receipt
|
For Fund compliance purposes, each Fund’s sector classifications refer to any one of the sector sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized market indexes, and/or as defined by each Fund's management. This definition may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine sector sub-classifications for reporting ease. Sectors are shown as a percent of net assets. These sector classifications are unaudited.
|
Level 1 –
|
Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities that a Fund has the ability to access at the measurement date;
|
Level 2 –
|
Quoted prices which are not active, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets or inputs other than quoted prices that are observable (either directly or indirectly) for substantially the full term of the asset or liability; and
|
Level 3 –
|
Significant unobservable prices or inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments) where there is little or no market activity for the asset or liability at the measurement date.
|
Clough Global Dividend and Income Fund
|
||||||||||||||||
Investments in Securities at Value*
|
Level 1
|
Level 2
|
Level 3
|
Total
|
||||||||||||
Common Stocks
|
||||||||||||||||
Consumer Discretionary
|
$
|
18,011,711
|
$
|
–
|
$
|
–
|
$
|
18,011,711
|
||||||||
Consumer Staples
|
1,803,001
|
–
|
–
|
1,803,001
|
||||||||||||
Energy
|
5,731,462
|
1,323,337
|
–
|
7,054,799
|
||||||||||||
Financials
|
32,647,988
|
–
|
–
|
32,647,988
|
||||||||||||
Health Care
|
9,561,121
|
–
|
–
|
9,561,121
|
||||||||||||
Information Technology
|
22,988,168
|
–
|
–
|
22,988,168
|
||||||||||||
Materials
|
1,173,338
|
–
|
–
|
1,173,338
|
||||||||||||
Telecommunication Services
|
2,253,174
|
–
|
–
|
2,253,174
|
||||||||||||
Closed-End Funds
|
10,247,407
|
–
|
–
|
10,247,407
|
||||||||||||
Participation Notes
|
–
|
872,167
|
–
|
872,167
|
||||||||||||
Preferred Stocks
|
2,534,821
|
–
|
–
|
2,534,821
|
||||||||||||
Warrants
|
65
|
–
|
–
|
65
|
||||||||||||
Corporate Bonds
|
–
|
62,504,368
|
–
|
62,504,368
|
||||||||||||
Asset/Mortgage Backed Securities
|
–
|
9,200,125
|
–
|
9,200,125
|
||||||||||||
Government & Agency Obligations
|
–
|
14,599,727
|
–
|
14,599,727
|
||||||||||||
Short-Term Investments
|
||||||||||||||||
Money Market Fund
|
12,634,836
|
–
|
–
|
12,634,836
|
||||||||||||
TOTAL
|
$
|
119,587,092
|
$
|
88,499,724
|
$
|
–
|
$
|
208,086,816
|
||||||||
Other Financial Instruments
|
Level 1
|
Level 2
|
Level 3
|
Total
|
||||||||||||
Assets
|
||||||||||||||||
Total Return Swap Contracts**
|
$
|
–
|
$
|
135,368
|
$
|
–
|
$
|
135,368
|
||||||||
Liabilities
|
||||||||||||||||
Securities Sold Short
|
||||||||||||||||
Common Stocks
|
(7,392,320
|
)
|
–
|
–
|
(7,392,320
|
)
|
||||||||||
Exchange Traded Funds
|
(2,680,202
|
)
|
–
|
–
|
(2,680,202
|
)
|
||||||||||
Futures Contracts**
|
(256,184
|
)
|
–
|
–
|
(256,184
|
)
|
||||||||||
Total Return Swap Contracts**
|
–
|
(31,179
|
)
|
–
|
(31,179
|
)
|
||||||||||
TOTAL
|
$
|
(10,328,706
|
)
|
$
|
104,189
|
$
|
–
|
$
|
(10,224,517
|
)
|
Clough Global Equity Fund
|
||||||||||||||||
Investments in Securities at Value*
|
Level 1
|
Level 2
|
Level 3
|
Total
|
||||||||||||
Common Stocks
|
||||||||||||||||
Consumer Discretionary
|
$
|
36,186,319
|
$
|
–
|
$
|
–
|
$
|
36,186,319
|
||||||||
Consumer Staples
|
1,198,831
|
–
|
–
|
1,198,831
|
||||||||||||
Energy
|
12,243,440
|
2,203,200
|
–
|
14,446,640
|
||||||||||||
Financials
|
66,278,048
|
–
|
–
|
66,278,048
|
||||||||||||
Health Care
|
37,151,689
|
1,210,485
|
–
|
38,362,174
|
||||||||||||
Industrials
|
6,239,894
|
–
|
–
|
6,239,894
|
||||||||||||
Information Technology
|
64,910,276
|
–
|
–
|
64,910,276
|
||||||||||||
Materials
|
1,915,058
|
–
|
–
|
1,915,058
|
||||||||||||
Telecommunication Services
|
7,590,399
|
–
|
–
|
7,590,399
|
||||||||||||
Closed-End Funds
|
5,946,664
|
–
|
–
|
5,946,664
|
||||||||||||
Participation Notes
|
–
|
1,459,303
|
–
|
1,459,303
|
||||||||||||
Preferred Stocks
|
5,701,809
|
–
|
–
|
5,701,809
|
||||||||||||
Warrants
|
108
|
–
|
–
|
108
|
||||||||||||
Corporate Bonds
|
–
|
4,873,719
|
–
|
4,873,719
|
||||||||||||
Asset/Mortgage Backed Securities
|
–
|
1,565,975
|
–
|
1,565,975
|
||||||||||||
Government & Agency Obligations
|
–
|
32,865,684
|
–
|
32,865,684
|
||||||||||||
Short-Term Investments
|
||||||||||||||||
Money Market Fund
|
33,361,249
|
–
|
–
|
33,361,249
|
||||||||||||
TOTAL
|
$
|
278,723,784
|
$
|
44,178,366
|
$
|
–
|
$
|
322,902,150
|
||||||||
Other Financial Instruments
|
Level 1
|
Level 2
|
Level 3
|
Total
|
||||||||||||
Assets
|
||||||||||||||||
Total Return Swap Contracts**
|
$
|
–
|
$
|
194,359
|
$
|
–
|
$
|
194,359
|
||||||||
Liabilities
|
||||||||||||||||
Securities Sold Short
|
||||||||||||||||
Common Stocks
|
(11,878,373
|
)
|
–
|
–
|
(11,878,373
|
)
|
||||||||||
Exchange Traded Funds
|
(4,245,182
|
)
|
–
|
–
|
(4,245,182
|
)
|
||||||||||
Futures Contracts**
|
(409,895
|
)
|
–
|
–
|
(409,895
|
)
|
||||||||||
Total Return Swap Contracts**
|
–
|
(308,524
|
)
|
–
|
(308,524
|
)
|
||||||||||
TOTAL
|
$
|
(16,533,450
|
)
|
$
|
(114,165
|
)
|
$
|
–
|
$
|
(16,647,615
|
)
|
Clough Global Opportunities Fund
|
||||||||||||||||
Investments in Securities at Value*
|
Level 1
|
Level 2
|
Level 3
|
Total
|
||||||||||||
Common Stocks
|
||||||||||||||||
Consumer Discretionary
|
$
|
79,901,743
|
$
|
–
|
$
|
–
|
$
|
79,901,743
|
||||||||
Consumer Staples
|
2,992,826
|
–
|
–
|
2,992,826
|
||||||||||||
Energy
|
29,064,364
|
5,427,000
|
–
|
34,491,364
|
||||||||||||
Financials
|
107,233,746
|
–
|
–
|
107,233,746
|
||||||||||||
Health Care
|
61,832,104
|
3,094,714
|
–
|
64,926,818
|
||||||||||||
Industrials
|
15,920,548
|
–
|
–
|
15,920,548
|
||||||||||||
Information Technology
|
124,304,615
|
–
|
–
|
124,304,615
|
||||||||||||
Materials
|
4,755,909
|
–
|
–
|
4,755,909
|
||||||||||||
Telecommunication Services
|
14,086,010
|
–
|
–
|
14,086,010
|
||||||||||||
Participation Notes
|
–
|
3,605,794
|
–
|
3,605,794
|
||||||||||||
Preferred Stocks
|
7,796,513
|
–
|
–
|
7,796,513
|
||||||||||||
Warrants
|
268
|
–
|
–
|
268
|
||||||||||||
Corporate Bonds
|
–
|
207,657,437
|
–
|
207,657,437
|
||||||||||||
Asset/Mortgage Backed Securities
|
–
|
34,994,074
|
–
|
34,994,074
|
||||||||||||
Government & Agency Obligations
|
–
|
78,391,899
|
–
|
78,391,899
|
||||||||||||
Short-Term Investments
|
||||||||||||||||
Money Market Fund
|
57,436,626
|
–
|
–
|
57,436,626
|
||||||||||||
TOTAL
|
$
|
505,325,272
|
$
|
333,170,918
|
$
|
–
|
$
|
838,496,190
|
||||||||
Other Financial Instruments
|
Level 1
|
Level 2
|
Level 3
|
Total
|
||||||||||||
Assets
|
||||||||||||||||
Total Return Swap Contracts**
|
$
|
–
|
$
|
495,569
|
$
|
–
|
$
|
495,569
|
||||||||
Liabilities
|
||||||||||||||||
Securities Sold Short
|
||||||||||||||||
Common Stocks
|
(29,872,262
|
)
|
–
|
–
|
(29,872,262
|
)
|
||||||||||
Exchange Traded Funds
|
(10,804,462
|
)
|
–
|
–
|
(10,804,462
|
)
|
||||||||||
Futures Contracts**
|
(1,045,232
|
)
|
–
|
–
|
(1,045,232
|
)
|
||||||||||
Total Return Swap Contracts**
|
–
|
(779,626
|
)
|
–
|
(779,626
|
)
|
||||||||||
TOTAL
|
$
|
(41,721,956
|
)
|
$
|
(284,057
|
)
|
$
|
–
|
$
|
(42,006,013
|
)
|
*
|
For detailed sector descriptions, see the accompanying Statement of Investments.
|
**
|
Swap contracts and futures contracts are reported at their unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) at measurement date, which represents the change in the contract's value from trade date.
|
Fund
|
Security
|
% of Net Assets
|
Acquisition Date
|
Shares
|
Cost
|
Fair Value
|
|||||||||||
Clough Global Dividend and Income Fund
|
Fairway Energy LP
|
0.93
|
%
|
6/30/2015
|
130,700
|
$
|
1,307,000
|
$
|
1,323,337
|
||||||||
Total
|
0.93
|
%
|
$
|
1,307,000
|
$
|
1,323,337
|
|||||||||||
Clough Global Equity Fund
|
CRISPR Therapeutics AG
|
0.54
|
%
|
6/14/2016
|
69,667
|
$
|
935,902
|
$
|
1,210,485
|
||||||||
|
Fairway Energy LP
|
0.99
|
%
|
6/30/2015
|
217,600
|
2,176,000
|
2,203,200
|
||||||||||
Total
|
1.53
|
%
|
$
|
3,111,902
|
$
|
3,413,685
|
|||||||||||
Clough Global Opportunities Fund
|
CRISPR Therapeutics AG
|
0.55
|
%
|
6/14/2016
|
178,110
|
$
|
2,392,730
|
$
|
3,094,714
|
||||||||
|
Fairway Energy LP
|
0.96
|
%
|
6/30/2015
|
536,000
|
5,360,000
|
5,427,000
|
||||||||||
Total
|
1.51
|
%
|
$
|
7,752,730
|
$
|
8,521,714
|
Clough Global Dividend and Income Fund
|
Clough Global Equity Fund
|
Clough Global Opportunities Fund
|
||||||||||
Gross appreciation (excess of value over tax cost)
|
$
|
8,197,031
|
$
|
17,800,333
|
$
|
33,246,723
|
||||||
Gross depreciation (excess of tax cost over value)
|
(4,058,833
|
)
|
(9,540,656
|
)
|
(18,786,601
|
)
|
||||||
Net unrealized appreciation
|
$
|
4,138,198
|
$
|
8,259,677
|
$
|
14,460,122
|
||||||
Cost of investments for income tax purposes
|
$
|
203,948,618
|
$
|
314,642,473
|
$
|
824,036,068
|
(a) |
The registrant’s Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer have evaluated the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) as of a date within 90 days of this filing and have concluded that the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures were effective, as of that date.
|
(b) |
There was no change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) that occurred during the registrant's last fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting.
|
(a) |
Separate certifications for the registrant's Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer, as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, are attached as Ex99.CERT.
|
CLOUGH GLOBAL DIVIDEND AND INCOME FUND
|
|||
By:
|
/s/ Edmund J. Burke
|
||
Edmund J. Burke
|
|||
President (Principal Executive Officer)
|
|||
Date:
|
March 30, 2017
|
By:
|
/s/ Edmund J. Burke
|
||
Edmund J. Burke
|
|||
President (Principal Executive Officer)
|
|||
Date:
|
March 30, 2017
|
||
By:
|
/s/ Jeremy O. May
|
||
Jeremy O. May
|
|||
Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer)
|
|||
Date:
|
March 30, 2017
|